D&F_Gillette,_WY_Redacted.pdf

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION (JOFOC)

RESIDENTIAL REENTRY CENTER (RRC)

CONTRACT 15BRRC18D00000114

Located within five miles of the city limits of Gillette, Wyoming

Pursuant to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 6.302-2(b)(1) and (2), the Federal Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) has determined the need for RRC services within five miles of the city limits of Gillette, Wyoming meets the criteria established for other than full and open competition. This limitation of competition is justified in accordance with FAR Subpart 6.303-2, Content, with the following supporting information provided:

1. Agency:

The United States Department of Justice, Bureau, Administration

Division, Procurement Management Branch, Residential Reentry

Contracting Section.

2. Description of Action Being Approved:

The action to be approved is a new contract to Volunteers of America

Northern Rockies (VOA) under other than full and open competition procedures for continued RRC services for Federal offenders located within five miles of the city limits of Gillette, Wyoming.

3. Description of the Services Required to Meet the Agency Needs:

RRC services located within five miles of the city limits of

Gillette, Wyoming for the period July 1, 2018 through

June 30, 2019(4-month base period and four 2-month options).

A new contract numbered 15BRRC18D00000114 with an estimated amount of

4. Statutory Authority Permitting Other than Full and Open

Competition:

Other than full and open competition is based on the authority of

41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(2) as implemented by FAR 6.302-2, Unusual and

Compelling Urgency.

5. Determination that proposed Contractor’s unique qualifications or the nature of the acquisition requires use of the authority cited:

The facility is located within five miles of the city limits of

Gillette, Wyoming currently house male and female federal offenders. The current contract DJB200341, will expire

June 30, 2018.

From a technical standpoint, VOA is currently providing the services required by the Bureau.

The Contracting Officer has reviewed all of the documentation and agrees that VOA is able to continue providing services without risk to the community and to the Bureau by July 1, 2018.

The services required are of an unusual and compelling urgency due to the Bureau’s essential need. There is an only one contract for

RRC services for federal offenders located within five miles of the city limits of Gillette, Wyoming. If services cannot be provided at this location, the Bureau has two options: Transfer offenders to another RRC to continue receiving services or return the offenders to a secure institution.

The closest facilities under contract with the Bureau are Casper, Wyoming located 137 miles away and Rapid City, South Dakota located

157 miles away.

Returning the offenders to a secure institution does not provide any quantifiable benefits to the offenders or to the Government and could negatively impact the offenders’ successful completion of the reentry program.

The mission of the reentry program is to assist federal offenders during the transition from prison to the community by providing services which include self-improvement opportunities as well as assistance to secure employment and locate a permanent residence after their program is complete. Offenders are typically assigned to a RRC near the location where they will eventually be released. The Bureau contracts with these RRCs to provide assistance to inmates who are nearing release from federal custody. RRC placements provide a safe, structured, supervised environment in the individual’s community, as well as assistance, drug treatment, and other reentry programs and services. RRCs help inmates gradually rebuild their ties to the community and supervise their activities during this community readjustment period. Therefore, returning the offenders to a secure institution for the three-month period requested in this justification would cause serious harm to the mission of the Bureau and would be a disruption to the inmate’s reentry programming.

Relocating offenders does not support the overall mission of the

Reentry Services Division or the Bureau of Prisons in the attempt to re-integrate the offenders into society as law abiding citizens.

6. Efforts made to solicit from as many sources as practicable, including whether or not a notice was published in the GPE:

7. Contracting Officer’s determination that cost to the Government will be fair and reasonable:

The Contracting Officer has determined that the anticipated costs to the Government will be fair and reasonable based on a comparison of current Government contract prices for RRC services.

8. Description of the market survey conducted:

9. Other facts supporting the use of other than full and open competition:

N/A

10. List of sources, expressing in writing, interest in the acquisition:

11. Actions taken by the agency to remove or overcome barriers to competition:

12. Contracting Officer’s Certification:

I certify that the justification is accurate and complete to the best of the Contracting Officer’s knowledge and belief.